Breeding Birds at the Rea Farm - Saturday, June 15th, 2013

Lots of singing Indigo Buntings in good view. Also a brief view of a pair of Blue Grosbeaks. Prothonotary Warbler was heard in the back wet woods near the RR Tracks. Good close view of Black-crowned Nighr-Heron at the Willow Pond. Highlight of the day was 2 Mississippi Kites overhead at the parking lot. Leaders: Karl Lukens, Chuck Slugg, Catherine Busch, and Chris Marks.
50 species

Mallard  2
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Glossy Ibis  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  6
Osprey  4
Mississippi Kite  2
Killdeer  2
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  5
Forster's Tern  1
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  6
Great Horned Owl  2     brief looks at adult and young through the trees.
Mobbed by crows
Chimney Swift  8
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2     heard
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1     heard
Eastern Kingbird  1
American Crow  5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  5
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Cedar Waxwing  4
Prothonotary Warbler  1     heard
Common Yellowthroat  4
Yellow Warbler  1     heard
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  8
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Common Grackle  8
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Orchard Oriole  2
House Finch  30
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Black-crowned Night-Heron [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Black Saddlebags [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Indigo Bunting [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Mississippi Kite [Photo by Karl Lukens]

Needham's Skimmer (female)[Photo by Karl Lukens]